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Home My WebLink AboutREP PC 097 02/17/1998 1996-1998 i y REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANNING DATE: February 17, 1998 Re: C-703/Bill No. 197 PLACE: Councilroom TIME: 1:46 p.m. Chair and Members Hawaii County Council Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Your Committee on Planning, to which was referred Bill No. 197, transmitted by Mayor Stephen K. Yamashiro per Communication No. 703, dated January 29, 1998, amending Chapter 25 of the Hawaii County Code, relating to zoning reports as follows: Bill No. 197 amends Section 25-2-3 (Review and Acceptance of Applications) of Chapter 25 (Zoning Code) of the Hawaii County Code, by adding the new language regazding the certification of clearance from the Director of Finance in regard to real property taxes. Bill No. 197, initiated by the Planning Director and drafted by the Corporation Counsel, deals with the inconsistency which results when the County issues zoning or permit concessions to those who do not pay real property taxes on the benefited property, or who have allowed other delinquencies related to the property to occur. The proposed provision will require all applications, filed with the Planning Director or the Planning Commission, to be accompanied by a Certificate of Cleazance from the Director of Finance to verify that the subject real property taxes and al] other fees have been paid and that there aze no outstanding delinquencies. Your Committee articulated that this new law will apply only to new applications and will not retroactively apply to previous applications. Your Committee also stressed that if the Certificate of Cleazance is received early in the process, the application can be processed with the knowledge that there are no outstanding delinquencies on the property. Your Committee on Planning is in accord with the intent and purpose of Bill No. 197, and recommends it pass first reading. bh AYES NOES A&E EX Respectfully submitted LEITIIEAn-TOnn COMMITTEE ON PLANNING CHUNG x ~~~'/jL(~ G X REYNOLDS x JEAN LEITHEAD-TODD, CHAIR SANTANGELO SMITH PC REPORT NO. 97 YAGONC x ADOPTED: i1AR " ARAKAK[ E.O.M.